Myanmar (Burma)

There is something about this photo I took in Myanmar of this little dog that to me, just screams “caption me”. So what do you think the meme should say? I have created some below and its fun and easy to create one on the memegenerator – so take your best shot and come up with something … Continue reading →

The sun finally set and with this comes the end of my blog posts about Myanmar (… probably 😉 ). I hope you have enjoyed seeing these photos, and if you ever get a chance, please do go to Myanmar, its a wonderful place to visit! To see more about our visit to Myanmar, click … Continue reading →

The sun was dropping behind the horizon, and as we stood at the top of our stupa we could see the spires of the distant stupas in the distance. The reds and golds of the sunset glowed against the red brick of the stupas and they were even more beautiful. This for me was … Continue reading →

I think its fitting for the last few posts on our trip to Myanmar to be of our sunset visit to a stupa. I confess I don’t know which stupa we were taken to. Whichever one it was, had an amazing view from the upper tier over the plain of Bagan, with the thousands of … Continue reading →

So we come to the end of our wander around these smaller stupas in Bagan. For me, this was the highlight of our visit to Myanmar and if I ever return to Bagan, I’ll be heading off to explore more of these stupas. I’ll let the hoards check out the larger temples such as Shwezigon Pagoda, Htilominlo Temple and Ananda Temple, … Continue reading →

These smaller stupas in Bagan, I found particularly charming after visiting the larger temples of Shwezigon Pagoda, Htilominlo Temple and Ananda Temple. While they were beautiful, there was something special about the smaller ones. Particularly since we were the only ones around and most tourists would never see these. There was no path way around or between them, no … Continue reading →

Escaping from our tour group one afternoon in Bagan, we intrepid explorers wandered across the grassy scrubland to some of the smaller stupas near our hotel. After visiting the larger temples of Shwezigon Pagoda, Htilominlo Temple and Ananda Temple, I was keen to explore some of the smaller stupas scattered around Bagan. No so much frequented by tourists, many had offerings … Continue reading →

After visiting the larger temples of Shwezigon Pagoda, Htilominlo Temple and Ananda Temple, I was keen to explore some of the smaller stupas scattered around Bagan. And we literally only had to walk a few paces from our hotel to do so. We felt like intrepid explorers as we left the road and wandered across the grassy scrubland to … Continue reading →

Shwezigon Pagoda or ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား as its known in the Myanmar language was the last of the 3 larger temples and pagoda’s we visited in Bagan. Built in 1076 by King Anawrahta, a recent convert to Theravada Buddhism, Shwezigon was built to enshrine a number of Buddha relics including a replica of the Buddha tooth from … Continue reading →

ထီးလိုမင်းလိုဘုရား or Htilominlo Temple was another of the larger temples we visited in Bagan. Built by King Nantaungmya in 1218AD, the temple is known to be the last Myanmar Style temple built in Bagan. The temple is three stories tall and built with red brick. It is known for its elaborate plaster moldings. Like Ananda Temple, there … Continue reading →

And finally we reach Bagan, which was one of my bucket list locations. I wcouldn’t wait to see the thousands of stupas scattered across the landscape. And while I hate to give away spoilers, it didn’t disappoint! Although I was most looking forward to seeing the smaller stupas on-mass, we also visited some of the … Continue reading →

This is the final set of photos from Inle Lake. The locals are mostly involved in fishing activities or agriculture as their means of living. They create floating islands out of a weeds and water hyacinths which they then build up in layers. On these they grow various produce. They stop these floating away by staking … Continue reading →

One of the stops we made briefly on our trip to Mount Popa was to this Jaggery and Palm Wine workshop. Both the Jaggery and the Palm Wine are produced from the palm trees growing in the area. Jaggery is essentially palm sugar. Its dark brown in colour and approximately the texture and flavour of burnt, crystalised … Continue reading →

This is the sixth set of photos from Inle Lake. The people live in mostly wooden homes resting on stilts which is what this set mostly contains. I’m very near the end of this series so please bear with me 😉 Click these links to see the other photos in this series, part 1, part 2, part 3, part … Continue reading →

This is the fifth set of photos from Inle Lake. The people live in mostly wooden homes resting on stilts which is what this set mostly contains – as I have a whole bunch of them, obviously… 🙂 Click these links to see the other photos in this series, part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4. To … Continue reading →